Improvement in seeders and cultivators combined



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h Seeder and Cultvator.

No. 101,178. Patented March 22, 1870.

N.PETERS, PHOTU-LITMOGRAPHERY WASHINGTON. D C.

- 4 is a rear view of halt' of the machine.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. D. STROUD, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDERS AND CULTIVATORS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 101,178, dated March 22, 1870.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. S'rRoUD, of the city of Oshkosh, inthe county of Winnebago and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeders and Oultivators, of which the following is a specification.

, machine and a set ofcultvator-teeth, arranged in such -a manner that when the seed is supplied to the disclia'rgetubes by the horizontally-revolving seed-'distributer and sown the. cultivator-teeth wlll pass over the ground sown, the object of this part of my invention being to sow the seed broadcast and to harrow it in as it is sown.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a transverse section o t' the machine, showing a view of the revolving seed-distributer. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the machine, showing a section of the seed-cup and revolving seed-distributer. Fig. Fig. 5 is a top view of the metallic bottom ot' the seed-cups and the sliding gages for regulating the size of the openings ofthe discharge-tubes.

A is a seed-box. B and B are supporting- Wheels. B is also thedriving-wheel. O is the axle and driving-shaft, provided with the beveled wheels a. D is the coupling attachment. 11 represents the seed-cups. E represents the revolving seed-distributer, having the paddles e and beveled wheels c. f represents the cutoft' plates placed in the seed-cups b, directly over the opening of the discharge-tubes g. h is the metallic bottom of the seed-cups b. is

a scatterer. j is a lever for throwing the coupthe cultivator-teeth from the ground. s is the bar or shaft to which the cultivator-teeth are attached.

Operation ofthe invention: The wheel B revolves upon the axle or driving-shaft O when the coupling D is out of gear. IThe coupling D is fastened to the driving-shaft C, so thatit can be thrown in or out of gear by the leverj, and when the coupling D is in gear it is revolved by the wheel B and causes the shaft O to be revolved. The revolution of the shat't O communicates motion to the seed-distributers E through beveled Wheels a and c. The paddles c carry the seed under the cut-olia plates f, where it passes out of the discharge-tubes g. As it passes out ot' the discharge-tubes g the scatterers fi scatter it broadcast, and the cultivator-teeth p pass over and harrow it in. When one of' the cultivator-teethp strikes an object the spring-lag m permits them to rebound and clear the object without interfering with the working of the machine. 'By turning the crank of the share r the cord attached to the bar o raises the cultivator-teeth from the ground.

I claim as my invention- The revolving seed-distributer E, having the paddles e and beveled wheel @,cut-oft plate f, and seed-cup l), arranged relatively to one another and to the sliding gage l, connectingbar k, discharge-tube g, and driving-shaft O, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore specified.

2. rlhe spring-lag m, supplemental lag n, cultivator-tooth p, and collars q and t, arranged relatively one to the other, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore specified.

3. The combination ot' the seed-box A, supporting and driving wheels B and B', drivingshaft O, with beveled wheels c, coupling D, lever j, revolving seed distributers E, having paddles e and beveled wheels c, cut-oli' plates f,seed-cups b, sliding gages l, bar 7c, dischargetubes g, scatterers t', spring-lags m, supplemental lags n, cultivator-teeth l), collars q and t, connectingbar o, bar s, and sheave r, with cord and crank, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore specified.

W. D. STROUD Witnesses:

W. G. BITCH, GEO. W. BUENELL. 

